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Employment-Based Immigration: very First Preference EB-1
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You might be eligible for an employment-based, first-preference visa if you are an alien of remarkable capability, are an impressive teacher or researcher, or are a particular multinational executive or supervisor. Each occupational classification has certain requirements that need to be met:

Your petitioning company needs to be a U.S. employer and plan to employ you in a managerial or executive capability. The petitioner must have been doing business in the U.S. for at least 1 year, as a legal entity with a qualifying relationship to the entity that used you abroad in a supervisory or executive capability.

No labor certification is needed.

* Criteria for Demonstrating Extraordinary Ability

In order to show you have sustained national or international honor and job that your accomplishments have actually been acknowledged in your field of knowledge, you need to either consist of evidence of a one-time achievement (significant internationally-recognized award) or 3 of the 10 noted requirements below (or similar proof if any of the requirements do not easily use):

- Evidence of receipt of lesser nationally or internationally recognized rewards or awards for quality
- Evidence of your membership in associations in the field which demand impressive accomplishment of their members
- Evidence of released product about you in professional or significant trade publications or other significant media
- Evidence that you have actually been asked to judge the work of others, either individually or on a panel
- Evidence of your original scientific, job scholarly, creative, athletic, or business-related contributions of significant significance to the field
- Evidence of your authorship of academic short articles in expert or significant trade publications or other significant media
- Evidence that your work has actually been displayed at artistic exhibits or displays
- Evidence of your efficiency of a leading or critical role in distinguished organizations
- Evidence that you command a high income or other considerably high compensation in relation to others in the field
- Evidence of your business successes in the carrying out arts
For more details on Extraordinary Ability, read our policy in Volume 6, Part F, Chapter 2, of the USCIS Policy Manual.

** Examples of Documentary Evidence That an Individual is an Outstanding Professor or Researcher

In order to show you are an outstanding teacher or researcher, job you need to consist of proof of 2 of the 6 noted requirements below (or comparable evidence if any of the requirements do not readily apply):

- Evidence of invoice of major rewards or awards for
- Evidence of subscription in associations that need their members to show impressive achievement
- Evidence of published product in professional publications written by others about the alien's work in the academic field
- Evidence of involvement, either on a panel or separately, as a judge of the work of others in the very same or allied scholastic field
- Evidence of original clinical or scholarly research contributions in the field
- Evidence of authorship of scholarly books or short articles (in scholarly journals with worldwide flow) in the field
For more details on Outstanding Professors and Researchers, read our policy in Volume 6, Part F, Chapter 3, of the USCIS Policy Manual.

To learn more on Multinational Executives or Managers, read our policy in Volume 6, Part F, Chapter 4, of the USCIS Policy Manual.

Application Process

Extraordinary Ability: You might obtain yourself by filing a Type I-140, Petition for Alien Worker.
Outstanding Professors and Researchers: Your U.S. employer must submit a Kind I-140, Petition for Alien Worker. As part of the application process, job your company should be able to show a continuing capability to pay the provided wage since the top priority date. Your employer might utilize a yearly report, federal tax return, or audited financial declaration to demonstrate a continuing capability to pay your wage.
Multinational Manager or Executive: Your U.S. company must submit USCIS Form I-140, job Petition for Alien Worker. As part of the application procedure, your employer should be able to show a continuing ability to pay the offered wage as of the priority date. Your company might use an annual report, federal tax return, or audited financial statement to demonstrate a continuing capability to pay your wage.